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Madrona

Madrona leads $2.6M round for OthersideAI, a startup using GPT-3 tech to write automated emails

The average U.S. worker spends more than five hours per day checking email. A new startup wants to help people… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia and F5 Networks add board members; Madrona principal departs; and more

— Expedia Group appointed Equifax President of Global Consumer Solutions Beverly Anderson as its newest board member. Prior to Equifax,… Read More

Amazon vets raise $4M from Madrona, Bezos Expeditions, others for AI2 spinout WhyLabs

Company leaders know they need to implement artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies within their businesses to stay ahead of… Read More

Madrona invests in $80M round for online document startup Coda, led by ex-Microsoft and YouTube director

Bay Area-based startup Coda raised a $80 million round led by Kleiner Perkins for its online document collaboration software. Founded… Read More

Mariners owner and wireless industry vet John Stanton on T-Mobile/Sprint, future of retail, more

John Stanton’s birthday is coming up soon. And he’s not too thrilled about it. “I turn 65 at the end… Read More

Zillow co-founder, Madrona, others invest in $4.5M round for new Seattle startup Zeitworks

Zeitworks, an under-the-radar early-stage Seattle startup, has raised a $4.5 million seed round. GeekWire uncovered the company last month. Zeitworks… Read More

Jeff Bezos joins $76M round for secretive biotech startup led by Isilon co-founder, Stanford scientist

Parag Mallick spent more than 20 years studying the intersection of software engineering and life sciences to better understand predictive… Read More

Madrona, Microsoft, Salesforce invest in $40M round for online professional learning startup GO1.com

Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group and the venture capital arms of Microsoft and Salesforce invested in a $40 million round for… Read More

‘Our product was built for times like these’: Seattle startup Knock raises $12M

As many tech startups cut staff and figure out how to survive during the COVID-19 crisis, Knock is doing just… Read More

Madrona invests in vendor management startup VNDLY; Steve Singh joins board

Seattle-based Madrona Venture Group led an $8.5 million investment round in VNDLY, a Cincinatti, Ohio-based vendor management startup. Founded in… Read More

Ready to return to the office? Seattle employers offer advice in Madrona’s ‘Back to Work Toolkit’

More than 600 people signed up to hear guidance on reopening their workplaces during a Madrona Venture Group virtual event… Read More

Led by Simple co-founder, Portland startup Sila raises $7.7M to grow fintech infrastructure platform

Fintech startup Sila just raised $7.7 million to help developers add banking and payment capabilities to their products. Madrona Venture… Read More

Seattle machine learning startup OctoML raises $15M from Amplify and Madrona

OctoML is charging ahead with its machine learning deployment software and on Friday announced a $15 million investment round to… Read More

DevOps for IoT device fleets: Ex-Microsoft, Amazon leaders raise $7.6M for Seattle-area startup Esper

Seattle-area startup Esper today announced a $7.6 million Series A investment round led by Madrona Venture Group. Founded in 2018,… Read More

Ex-Amazon, FedEx leaders raise $3M from Madrona and 8VC for Seattle trucking startup Freightweb

Another Seattle startup is blending technology with logistics to change the way goods move around the country within a $800… Read More

Ex-Concur CEO Steve Singh joins Madrona as a managing director — here’s how he plans to invest

Steve Singh wants to find the next Concur. The longtime tech executive is joining Madrona Venture Group as a managing… Read More

A smart ring for AR, real-time AI for healthcare, and more University of Washington tech innovations

How can we help visually-impaired software developers edit webpage designs? What technology enables in-home sound awareness for people who are… Read More

Rising Pacific Northwest startups show that financial technology is about more than payments

Seattle-area startups are building fintech offerings centered around communities like churches, schools and foreign workers. Church fundraising tech startup Subsplash… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft’s M12 director departs; Nordstrom loses accounting chief to another retailer

— Lisa Nelson is leaving her role as managing director of M12, the corporate venture arm of Microsoft. Nelson is… Read More

Pulumi takes on cloud juggernauts with flagship product for deploying infrastructure as code

Seattle startup Pulumi is formally launching its technology for programming the underlying infrastructure of the cloud, looking to land new… Read More

Madrona leads $10M round for Tesorio, a fintech startup that automates cash flow analysis

Hope Cochran knows about managing cash flow. As the former chief financial officer at Candy Crush maker King Digital and… Read More

Gas station on wheels: Booster Fuels raises $56M to expand high-tech mobile fuel delivery service

Frank Mycroft and his co-founders started with a simple idea: People don’t like going to the gas station. A mobile… Read More

Why this early Amazon investor is backing an effort to shake up the Seattle City Council

One of the biggest names in Seattle tech is a founding member of a new political action committee that wants… Read More

Madrona Venture Labs raises $11M fund to launch a new group of AI-focused startups

Madrona Venture Labs (MVL), a Seattle-based “startup studio” formed by venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group, just landed $11.3 million… Read More

When LinkedIn isn’t enough: Ex-Microsoft leaders raise $6M for recruiting startup SeekOut

LinkedIn can be a valuable resource for hiring managers sourcing potential candidates. But oftentimes it isn’t enough — and that’s… Read More

Madrona expands geographic reach and targets later-stage deals with $100M ‘acceleration fund’

Call it the “ones we missed” fund. Madrona Venture Group has raised $100 million for what it calls an “acceleration… Read More

Early Amazon investor Tom Alberg to leave board, 23 years after betting on Jeff Bezos’ little startup

More than 23 years after betting on a small startup called Amazon.com, Tom Alberg, the company’s longest-standing board member, is… Read More

New networking company XCOM, led by former Qualcomm CEO, acquires Seattle-area startup M87

M87, a Seattle-area networking startup led by former T-Mobile executive Cole Brodman, was acquired last month by XCOM, a new… Read More

Quantum computing is coming: Here’s why Seattle needs to get our computer science workforce ready

Editor’s note: Tom Alberg is a co-founder and managing director at Seattle-based venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group. He is… Read More

Seattle startup Igneous raises $25M to help companies manage their unstructured data

Seattle startup Igneous has reeled in a $25 million investment round to fuel growth of its software that helps companies… Read More

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